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Learn Amazing Retouching Techniques With Photoshop

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Absolutely no experience is required. The course shows you exactly how to work with photoshop and become an expert!

Description

17 LESSONS " Slow Pace - Easy & Simple To Follow"

"Easy Workflow and Great For for those who want to retouch portraits!

Complete Planning, Photography & Photoshop process is shown

All Work Materials are provided & ready for you to download

No Prior Photoshop knowledge needed "Guaranteed"

Full lifetime access to the complete course

All future & additional lectures will always be free of charge

No illustrator, plugins or other software is needed "You only need Photoshop"

Are you new to the world of portrait retouching?

AND WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR SKILL?

AND ENJOY A STEADY AND EASY WORKFLOW?

AND WITH NO PRIOR PHOTOSHOP KNOWLEDGE?

AND WITH MY WORKING FILES?

In the Foxy Hipster Pro Tutorial, I'm going to do some creative retouching on a funky colourful portrait. I made a course that’s accessible to anyone who wants to learn a bit more about portrait retouching. This course will give you a very in-depth look into how I structure my workflow to get to that colourful final image. Once you’ve gone through all the lessons you’ll be able to apply these techniques to your own work!

This tutorial involves plenty of techniques, some you might be familiar with, and others not. It’s also important to remember that each image is different and tweaking your technique could help you create a stunning image.

With over 12 very comprehensive lessons you’ll be able to take all these techniques, tips and tricks to create something colourful and amazing. This tutorial covers everything about the entire process, including photography and light setup, and retouching techniques. Techniques like colour & sharpening, working with masks, dodge & burn, and many others

The idea is to teach you how to create an amazing retouch. May this be for your images or for a clients. The aim is to teach you how to get that awesome wow / pop look onto the images with a few simple photoshop techniques.

Whether you have previous experience with photoshop or not, it doesn't matter. Apply your knowledge for an hour a day and you could be making huge improvements or even extra cash, as a retoucher just like me.

"And I'm not kidding when I say that you need no previous retouching experience! "You just need to Practice the techniques"

How to create techniques that brighten up the overall image look "Bring the pop factor in"

How to apply amazing colour grades & graphic effects

How to apply an overall image pop and final adjustments

... and much, much more!

Intrigued yet? Then keep reading!

You will have unlimited lifetime access at no extra cost "Not just that; all future additional lectures, bonuses, etc in this course are always free. There's an unconditional, no-questions-asked full 30-day money-back guarantee! I'm known for always offering support on Udemy, so feel free to shout out if you're stuck or need assistance. "I'm here to help"

One final note:

My goal is to teach you how to achieve an amazing look with any image, so don't stress about not having done retouching work before. "I do my best to make it simple, informative & fun"

After going through this course you'll be able to apply your new retouching skills to retouch any dramatic image.

All you have to do is click on the "take this course" button on the top right corner. You have nothing to lose. In fact, you've got a lot to gain.

The first lesson will focus on the planning. Planning involves a variety of different elements that come together in the end to capture the perfect image in camera. Some of the elements we explore in this lesson is, of course, the setup, which includes the best light setup, the right colour backdrop and the best pose for the model. The model on the other hand forms the other part of the planning. We take a lot of time to consider the perfect model for the Pro Tutorial.

This lesson is a very comprehensive look at the light setup I used for the shoot. When you shoot something like the Foxy Hipster it is important to get a perfect exposure all around. This doesn't just involve a perfectly exposed model, but an evenly exposed backdrop as well. For this shoot, I used a four light setup with lights and modifiers directed at both the model and backdrops. I also used poly boards around the subject to make sure that I capture that even exposure.

In our first retouching lesson, I will concentrate on our basic adjustments in camera raw and import our raw image into Photoshop. This process helps me to pre-adjust the contrast, exposure, image pop and subtle sharpening.

Preparations & Raw Conversions

07:25

For this lesson, we will put the techniques on hold and create a new help layer in order to point out all the retouching steps. This helps us to stay focused during the retouching process. This is not an obligation, but it does help during the retouching process since you can always fall back on it and remind yourself of what still needs to be done.

Now that we have a basic understanding of what we want to retouch, we will concentrate on cleaning up our background and subject. This is not a major obstacle, even thought it might seem labour intensive. What's important to remember is that the more time you invest into cleaning, the better your image will look. It involves a few steps, such as healing, cloning and refining the background dust marks

Basic Retouching & Cleaning

24:37

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Comprehensive Hair Retouching

3 Lectures
58:35

Now that I've finished the basic retouching, I'm going to focus a bit more on the hair, as it draws you into the image. I will only be working in selected areas. I'll need to fill in colour in some areas, working with some fill colour, and then making sure to have an even exposure over the hair by using adjustment layers like the Curves Adjustment Layer.

Comprehensive Hair Retouching Part 1

13:42

Now that I've finished the basic retouching, I'm going to focus a bit more on the hair, as it draws you into the image. I will only be working in selected areas. I'll need to fill in colour in some areas, working some fill colour, and then making sure to have an even exposure over the hair by using adjustment layers like the Curves Adjustment Layer.

Comprehensive Hair Retouching Part 2

17:26

Now that I've finished the basic retouching, I'm going to focus a bit more on the hair, as it draws you into the image. I will only be working in selected areas. I'll need to fill in colour in some areas, working some fill colour, and then making sure to have an even exposure over the hair by using adjustment layers like the Curves Adjustment Layer.

Comprehensive Hair Retouching Part 3

27:27

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Configuring The Look & Feel Of The Retouch

5 Lectures
43:53

It’s important to understand that the Liquify Tool helps to refine an image. The idea is not to create a different person. The changes that I implement are very subtle and only done with the intention to create a perfect picture.

This is a very important part of the retouching process. Just as with cleaning and healing it might appear to be labour intensive, but the more effort you apply the better your image will look. Here we will apply lots of techniques to ensure that we get that smooth silky skin. This section will involve working with both the High Pass Filter and the Gaussian Blur, but a little bit different to what you might be used to. These will basically be applied in the reverse effect – The High Pass will blur while the Gaussian Blur will sharpen.

Comprehensive Skin Retouching

11:22

Now that I've adjusted my colour the way we want it, I will start working on the light control. This will mostly involve using a Curves Adjustment to add a touch of contrast to the image as well as a Selective Colour Adjustment Layer to adjust our colours. I will also apply a Hue and Saturation Adjustment layer and work in the red tones. For the light control, I'l start off by using the marque tool to create a circular selection around our subject. I then feather the selection and apply a Curves Adjustment Layer, which I'll use to create a vignette effect as well as adding a light pop to the subject.

Colour & Light Control Adjustments

08:09

In this section, I will be working with my famous Dodge & Burn technique. The main thing about dodging and burning means we are going to dodge the highlights and burn the shadows. This will allow me to emphasise the highlights and shadows in my image.

Dodge & Burn

10:01

Another aspect of this image is the props. The model wore a pair of sunglasses and the reflections from the strobes are quite apparent. The process will involve creating two new layers, one for each lens of the sunglasses. I then use the pen tool to make a circular selection of each lens. Make sure when you make your selection that the feathering is set to zero. I then use the Gradient Tool, Noise filters and masks to create the perfect and realistic look.

Fixing Sunglass Refections

10:31

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Final Adjustments & Retouching

3 Lectures
24:36

Now that I've done most of our retouching, I will add our final adjustments. Here I'll be working with the Selective Colour Adjustment Layer to create or to add that extra flare of colour to the image. I'll also crop the image down to the perfect size.

Crop & Final Adjustments

03:20

Here I'll be adding shapes, namely, bubbles the background. Here I'll be working with Effects and Layer Masks to create the effect of bubbles behind and around the subject.

Adding Graphic Elements

08:31

For the final lesson, I'll work with adding a bit of colour to the selected areas that might otherwise appear a bit bland compared to the rest of the image. For this I'll be using Solid Colour layers, layer masks and Hue and Saturation Adjustment layers to add colour to selected areas.

Final Colour Adjustments & Retouch

12:45

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Bonus Lessons - Graphic Pen Tablet

1 Lecture
11:00

Additional to this course I've also added a list of bonus tutorials that would compliment this course as well as a lesson that will focus on the Wacom Pen Tablet and how to set it up.